Re: Culturally
solvent?

: : To keep you culturally solvent, Smart
has rounded up a cornucopia of the best oddity-possessing museums in the world
which can be visited both in person and online.

: : To keep you culturally solvent,does
it mean that to help you to view these 'cultural' things without costing you too
much?

: I've never heard the expression, but I am 99 percent sure it doesn't
have to do with money. I am guessing that it means culturally knowledgeable. That
you know what you need to know to function in a society.

This from the American
Heritage Dictionary:

SOLVENT

ADJECTIVE:
1. Capable of meeting financial
obligations.
2. Chemistry Capable of dissolving another substance.
NOUN:
1.
Chemistry a. A substance in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.
b. A substance, usually a liquid, capable of dissolving another substance.
2. Something that solves or explains.

None of which is much help. However,
I've noticed solvent being used more and more often recently to mean knowledgeable,
just as ESC says - I suppose it still means "being capable of fulfilling a demand",
except for information, not payment.